The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-02-25


OF reaction as regards the war scare; not
that anything ha soccurred to strengthen
the hopes of peace, but no fresh news of
an alarming character has developed, and
so, as past events have boen 80 carefully dis
sected and their effect discounted in ad-
vance, it became necessary to rest for
awhile AMI wait for something moro.
This. of course, applies only to England,
for over on the Continent, the pot is boil
ing with undiminished vigor. The patri-
otic German newspapers outdo themselves
in their attacks on France and in their
eagerness to prove that war is coming, and
so obtain from the people the fresh supply
| OF soldiers Bsmark wants.
Frenchmcn and French journalists fume
| and pose and declare their readiness to
fight, incidentally calling upon God and
men at regular intervals to boar witness to
their calmness and to the fact that thoy arc
doing nothing to precipiate conflict. The
spirit of the nation is displayed in the
| promptness and enthusiasm with which tho
extra credit of S6,OOO,OOO franks asked for
by Gen. Boulanger was handed over to bo
spent in making tho army more formida-
be A large amount of this sum is to be
at once put into repeating rifles. France
has not failed to point proudly to the
contrast between her ready response to her
army's need and the reluctance of the
Germans to spend more money; nor have
Bism ark's supporters let the occasion slip
for q pointed appeal to the patriotism of
of the new Roichstag, which is to say
whether the septennate shall be granted.
Austria, doubtful of the reliance to be
placed upon Bismark, nervous about Rus
sia's next move, and fearful about every
thing, exults at Sir James Fergussons s
peaceful flow Of words, trombles at the war
like words of Prince Hohenlohe, which
came in time to spoil Fergusson's good cf-
feet, and all the while goes on preparing
and strengthening herself as we'll as she
can, with no strong leader to conceive or
carry out any definite policy. Meanwhile
anxious on the Continent, and shows no
signs even of such slight revival as has
frightened tho London Stock Exchange.
Turkey, the nat;4p wkjJs, 'i~' AZ es''Us..ss .ss.l
enn d,.en,t know how she Is TO mh;ch
! her her sultan has Ia-s,ery -oesias~g tiles w.
,,oa and nervous about tho preparations 'o'
? ,,, ,vb;ob are going in Montenegro,
, and which that little principality, beloved
.na admired by Gladstone, does not explain
in any sort of satisfactory manner
Tho dark horse Of the Continent is i'us
it s;, Something Is going on IN tha' u
g country, but with her press carefully "u1
uloa and strict cen u-orship OF outgoing &c
ny o,r,ms no one knows exactly what 1t
Tho French believe Bismark to oc
,er strained from attacking them by the uH''
taiuty as to Russia's action In INC '''o
ar, war England knows that tho thing mt
est; likely to drag her into conh.c' Is n"s''
am a,;on !, troublous times, and pretty m'
:: everybody is particularly anxious to kn
~, uhother the Russian cat has decided wh
wav to Jump, and, if so, which way 1t
ono be.
arp Tho war scare is strongest along
The E,oDch and German frontiers, ana
INC .s,ntrv bein to show signs OF being
man. uncomfortable. With only vague no'
one "a to the difference between Paris ana
veil lin and but slight longings tor na''
9 de ylory, they only worry when their corr
gaz, their eggs and butter are thvea.0n'o' :.
u 0"' "a porhaps most agitated oil all the CIV
Tho Contiucut. Her young men, taitn
'roAs" r France and fearful of being drafted
m saw fight against her, arc moving away
bv the ,sbo,e families hold themselves IN
ideous, ,oss tn start at any time. Ino
dar'ed arector has spread alarm broadcast
plant. o,,cino that new sicgo might s.
oOu ',,sa w exnected, and by laying in trem
stock of provisions The peasants II
surrounding country imagine inc Gu
ho rnon them and swarm into the
!: Terri fsring their products for sale at rial'
' are as low prices, which shows their Del
hot fire, those coming will demand the pro
s in are their farms with no money and no
'ard coal. ALL In England a weeks lull In
fuel one c;tement has not weakened the alt
versal belief that war is coming, al
bedv is clamoring for tho strenet,
d. am England a9'eh1os - n,r,;cula
hs. You deienoo VI n;,u tho troasure hou
/ hopeT a,nn;ro is in as defenccloss